James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Twin Cities Area
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown